Among what some have described as a domination of dance and chore-ography within the recent performative turn in the museal sector, defini-tions, specificities, and careful framing have often been lacking.5 Various iterations of dance in the gallery have included adaptations of stage-based works for the new context, works made for proscenium theaters located in multi-arts centers (such as t…
The man billed as Prospero the Enchanter receives a fair amount of correspondence via the theater office, but this is the first envelope addressedto him that contains a suicide note, and it is also the first to arrive carefully pinned to the coat of a five-year-old girl. The lawyer who escorts her to the theater refuses to explain despite the manager’s protestations, abandoning her as quickly…
The contributions collected in this volume deal with the complex history of the Indian deity Vi??u-N?r?yana. This conception of God evolved in various traditions in India, especially in South India, during the first millennium CE. The history of this development is reconstructed here by various means, including philological exegesis, the history of ideas, and iconographic evidence.
In this candid and revelatory memoir, Erin O. White shares her hunger for both romantic and divine love, and how these desires transformed her life. In the late 1990s, she spent Saturday nights with her girlfriend and Sunday mornings in Catholic confirmation classes. But when the Church closed its doors to her, she was faced with a question: What does a lesbian believer do with her longing for …